Wendelika

I've been crafting since my grandma gave me some string to play with to keep me occupied. :-) I remember making potholders with a little loop weaving loom that I got for Christmas. I must've been about six years old. My mom taught me how to finish off the loops with a crochet hook and I have had a crochet project of one kind or another going ever since. I remember sitting with my grandma, watching T.V. and knitting together - more hours ... Read Full Bio »

I've been crafting since my grandma gave me some string to play with to keep me occupied. :-) I remember making potholders with a little loop weaving loom that I got for Christmas. I must've been about six years old. My mom taught me how to finish off the loops with a crochet hook and I have had a crochet project of one kind or another going ever since. I remember sitting with my grandma, watching T.V. and knitting together - more hours than I could ever count. When I was really little, she would cast some stitches on for me, hand me the needles and let me play with the yarn. After a while, I would bring her back a tangled mess which she would patiently straighten out, cast on some more stitches and then hand the needles back to me to tangle up all over again. Eventually, I learned how to make those knit stitches without tangling things up all the time. :-) I remember the day she taught me how to read a pattern - and how to purl. All of a sudden, the possibilities of what you could do with a pair of knitting needles and some yarn began to open up to me! My grandma taught me so much. There was a lot more than knitting, but when I sit down to knit, I feel her with me, I wonder what she would say about the project I'm working on, I remember the knitting tricks that she showed me and I remember some of the conversations we had. Even though she is gone from me for a time, knitting keeps me connected with her. I'm looking forward to the day when I get to knit with my grandkids.